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authorDidier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>2014-04-16 08:13:45 +0200
committerDidier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>2014-04-16 08:13:45 +0200
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+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.10-pre1! Please read these notes carefully.
+Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.10-pre2! Please read these notes carefully.
*** NOTE TO PACKAGERS: Please read the file README.package for issues
that are of interest to distributors and packagers of Gutenprint.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.10-pre1! Please read these notes carefully.
I) INTRODUCTION
- This is Gutenprint version 5.2.10-pre1, a prerelease of Gutenprint
+ This is Gutenprint version 5.2.10-pre2, a prerelease of Gutenprint
5.2.10. Gutenprint, formerly named Gimp-Print, is a suite of printer
drivers that may be used with most common UNIX print spooling
systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others. These drivers
provide high quality printing for UNIX (including Macintosh OS X
- 10.3 and newer) and Linux systems in many cases equal to or better
+ 10.5 and newer) and Linux systems in many cases equal to or better
than proprietary vendor-supplied drivers. Gutenprint also
includes an enhanced print plug-in for the GIMP image editor,
replacing the Gimp-Print 4.2-based plugin supplied with GIMP 1.2,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ A) OVERVIEW
PLEASE INSPECT THE OUTPUT CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING. If you
expect to build a particular component (particularly the CUPS
- driver, CUPS backends, or enhanced Print plugin for GIMP), and
+ driver, CUPS backends, or enhanced Print plugin for GIMP), and
the configure output states that that component will not be built,
please make certain that you have the required development packages
installed, as described below in the sections for the particular
@@ -398,11 +398,11 @@ C) CUPS
like /etc/init.d/cups restart, /etc/software/init.d/cups restart,
/etc/rc.d/cups restart, /usr/sbin/rccups, or even
/etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart. Your system may have a different
- way to restart the CUPS server. OS X (10.3, 10.4, and 10.5), for
+ way to restart the CUPS server. OS X (10.4 and 10.5), for
example, uses the following command:
sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/PrintingServices/PrintingServices.sh restart
-
+
You may optionally choose to update your existing PPD files using
the command cups-genppdupdate, after which you should restart CUPS
as described above. We strongly recommend use of this update
@@ -506,20 +506,20 @@ C) CUPS
D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
- A new CUPS backend was added to support USB specific dye-sublimation
- printers that require a special communications protocol. This backend is
+ A new CUPS backend was added to support USB specific dye-sublimation
+ printers that require a special communications protocol. This backend is
called 'gutenprint52usb' and currently supports the models listed below.
If you do not have a printer on this list, you may skip the remainder
of this section.
Canon SELPHY ES series (All models)
- Canon SELPHY CP series (All models except CP520, CP820 and CP910)
+ Canon SELPHY CP series (All models)
Kodak Professional 1400
Kodak 805 Photo Printer
Kodak 6800 Photo Printer
Kodak 6850 Photo Printer
Kodak 605 Photo Printer
- Shinko/Sinfonia CHC-S2145
+ Shinko/Sinfonia CHC-S2145
Sony UP-DR150
Sony UP-DR200
DNP DS40
@@ -532,12 +532,22 @@ D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
Mitsubishi CP-D707DW (EXPERIMENTAL)
Although these printers advertise themselves as standard USB Printer
- Class devices, they do not actually obey those specifications, and
+ Class devices, they do not actually obey those specifications, and
require two-way handshaking in order to successfully print.
Over time, it is expected that additional printer models will be
supported by this backend.
+ NOTE: While most of these printers are new as of Gutenprint 5.2.10,
+ if you are upgrading from 5.2.9 (or earlier) and using one of these
+ models, you will need to remove and re-create your printer queue:
+
+ Canon SELPHY ES series (All models)
+ Canon SELPHY CP series (All models)
+ DNP DS40
+ DNP DS80
+ Sony UP-DR150
+
Build Requirements
This backend requires libusb (or libusbx) 1.0 or newer.
@@ -551,7 +561,7 @@ D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
Unfortunately, if you are using an older version of CUPS or a non-Linux
system (particularly OSX) then you will probably need to manually
- configure the use of this backend because the system may attempt to
+ configure the use of this backend because the system may attempt to
use the default usb backend, which will not work properly with these
printers.
@@ -573,7 +583,7 @@ D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
URI for the printer, as demonstrated in the above example. An
alternative to the system printer configuration interface is to
use your local system's CUPS web interface, if it is enabled.
- Step-by-step instructions for using any of these interfaces is
+ Step-by-step instructions for using any of these interfaces is
beyond the scope of this document.
Once the printer is properly configured, this backend will be
@@ -582,8 +592,8 @@ D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
Note on Use of Multiple Printers of the Same Model
- If you do not use (and do not intend to use) more than one printer of
- the same model connected via USB to one computer, you may skip this
+ If you do not use (and do not intend to use) more than one printer of
+ the same model connected via USB to one computer, you may skip this
section.
If you have more than one printer connected to a computer (via
@@ -595,7 +605,7 @@ D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
uniquely identify each printer.
To determine if your printer model is affected, you should inspect the
- CUPS queue URI, specifically the "serial=" portion. If the serial is
+ CUPS queue URI, specifically the "serial=" portion. If the serial is
NONE_UNKNOWN, it indicates that the printer does not report a serial
number and so CUPS cannot uniquely that printer, if more than one of
that type is plugged in.
@@ -632,12 +642,12 @@ D) CUPS dye-sublimation backend
The backend supports configuring this user identification string.
To do so, first disconnect all other Shinko CHC-S2145 printers from the
- system, and then connect each printer individually, and run the
+ system, and then connect each printer individually, and run the
following command. Please ensure that the text you choose for each
printer is different.
/usr/lib/cups/backend/gutenprint52+usb -B shinkos2145 -U "sometext"
-
+
After changing the user string, you will need to remove and re-create
the CUPS queue.
@@ -727,7 +737,7 @@ F) FOOMATIC
tools provided by your distribution or the Foomatic tool
"foomatic-ppdfile".
- NOTES TO PACKAGERS:
+ NOTES TO PACKAGERS:
* We recommend packaging the IJS driver
(/usr/bin/ijsgutenprint.5.2) and its man page